. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . found on the Acropolis at Athens, *The statue reproduced on p. 208 belongs to an older period of Greek art. andthe horse Pegasus is not as yet endowed with wings, which became very soon itsnever-missing attributes. The modern notion that Pegasus is the symbol of poet-ical enthusiasm only dates back to the fifteenth century of our era, and was foreignto the Greek f Figures of the lion-killing saviour are also found on Asiatic coins and on As-syrian cylinders. 210 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. self-combusti
. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . found on the Acropolis at Athens, *The statue reproduced on p. 208 belongs to an older period of Greek art. andthe horse Pegasus is not as yet endowed with wings, which became very soon itsnever-missing attributes. The modern notion that Pegasus is the symbol of poet-ical enthusiasm only dates back to the fifteenth century of our era, and was foreignto the Greek f Figures of the lion-killing saviour are also found on Asiatic coins and on As-syrian cylinders. 210 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. self-combustion and rises in a transfigured shape fromthe flames of the pyre. The Jews also appropriated thefigure of this solar hero in the shape of Sampson whosestrength is conditioned by his hair, as the power of thesun lies in his rays. In spite of the strong admixture of foreign m3th-ology, Hercules has become the national hero of Greece,and the Greek idea of salvation has found in him themost t3pical expression, which has been most beautifullyworked out by ^schylus in a grand tragedy which rep-. Prometheus Tied by Zeus to the Stake (or Cross) and Exposed to the Eagle; Rescued by Hercules. (A vase found at Chiusi, now in Berlin. Baumeister, D. d. cl. .4 , p. 1410.) resents Prometheus (the fore-thinker) as struggling andsuffering mankind, tied to the pole of misery by Zeus asa punishment for the sin of having brought the bliss oflight and fire down to the earth. But at last the divinesaviour, Hercules, arrives, and, killing the eagle thatlacerates the liver of the bold hero, sets him free. Prometheus and Hercules are combined into oneperson in the Christian Saviour, Jesus The sim-ilarity of the story of Golgotha with the mytli of Pro-metheus is not purely accidental. For observe that insome of the older pictures, as for instance in the vase of GREECE AND ITALY. 211 Chiusi (see illustration on p. 210), Prometheus is notchained to a rock but tied to a pole, i. e., to a aravpoz or
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